Said Abeid

{{Short description|President of Anjouan from 1999 to 2001}} '''Saïd Abeid Abdérémane''' served as the President of Anjouan from 1999 to August 2001, having led the breakaway movement from Comoros in 1997.<ref>[https://freedomhouse.org/report/freedom-world/2002/comoros FreedomHouse.org]</ref> He was preceded by Foundi Ibrahim Abdallah, who was usurped by Abeid after a couple days of street battles in September 1999.<ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/441071.stm World: Africa Faction leader forced off Anjouan ]</ref> He was succeeded by Mohamed Bacar, following a putsch.<ref>[http://www.thenewhumanitarian.org/fr/node/197109 "IRIN Briefing on separatist crisis"]</ref> In November 2001, he tried to regain power in a failed coup against Bacar, as he was opposed to Bacar's efforts to reunify with Comoros.<ref>{{cite web |title=Comoros profile |website=BBC News |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230328061025/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13231758 |archive-date=2023-03-28 |url-status=live |url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-13231758}}</ref><ref>[https://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/africa/1635991.stm One dead in Anjouan clashes]</ref>

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